Assassin bugs (also known as ambush bugs or thread-legged bugs) are one of nature's stealthiest hunters, known for their precision strikes and ability to subdue prey with incredible efficiency.

Wasps are, perhaps, the most common predator on monarch caterpillars. Despite this, milkweed assassin bugs and wasps are both considered beneficial insects.

An insect that harvests and modifies plant resin to snare its prey adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests we may be underestimating the cunning of invertebrate animals. The assassin bug ...

50 million-year-old fossil assassin bug has unusually well-preserved genitalia The fossilized insect is tiny and its genital capsule, called a pygophore, is roughly the length of a grain of rice.

The discovery of the tiny insect, whose body measures roughly half an inch in length, also indicates that its branch of the assassin bug family is 25 million years older than previously thought.

Then I saw it: the assassin. Actually, it was a wheel bug, the most common type of a class of insects known as assassin bugs, so named because they lie in ambush for their insect prey. Indeed, my ...

Two views of a fossil recovered from Colorado of a new genus and species of predatory insect known as assassin bugs, Aphelicophontes danjuddi. A small beetle was also fossilized with the specimen ...

Science Scientist calls fossilized assassin bug private parts 'a rare treat' A stunningly well-preserved 50-million-year-old fossil is giving insights into insect history.

The fossilized insect is tiny and its genital capsule, called a pygophore, is roughly the length of a grain of rice. It is remarkable, scientists say, because the bug's physical characteristics ...

Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Paleontologists have recovered a 50-million-year-old assassin bug fossil featuring near-perfectly preserved genitalia, a rarity. Though the ancient insect's pygophore, a genital ...

50 million-year-old fossil assassin bug has unusually well-preserved genitalia Date: January 19, 2021 Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau Summary: The fossilized insect ...